# Bo Abrams

**Co-Founder** — Los Angeles, CA, United States

> 🌟 Redefining Home-Sharing: kommu activates primary homes for sharing with a unique trust-based approach, free from traditional rental platform constraints. 🏡 Your Home, Your Rules: List for free, swap, pet/house sit, or host stays. Choose your audience - from an open network to just friends. No fees, just trust. 🚀 Join the Top-Rated Network: Be part of kommu, where every connection goes beyond just a transaction. 🔗 Connect with Me: Passionate about changing the home-sharing world? Let’s explore innovative opportunities together.

Career Archetype: **Launchpad Navigator** (HS-DG) — One of the first Launchpad Navigators on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bo-abrams

## Experience

### Co-Founder, kommu (2022-06 – present)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · kommu ("koh-mu") is a connected home-sharing and travel platform that links users with their personal network and empowers them to host trusted friends, interest groups, and communities in their home on their terms. Through kommu, users manage their home-sharing preferences, find affordable stays through those they know, and learn when friends are in the same city, fostering real-life connections during their trips.

### Founder Pool, Member, Pando (2022-06 – present)
Be Better, Together! Founder peer-groups (income pools) supercharged by aligned financial incentives.

### Startup Labs Fellow, Startup Labs UCLA (2021-01 – 2021-06)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

### MBA Associate, Watertower Ventures (2021-01 – 2021-06)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

### Performance Analyst, SteelHouse (2017-12 – 2020-09)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

### Analyst, Bellwether Asset Management, Inc. (2017-04 – 2017-11)
El Segundo, California

### Marketing Assistant, Canyon Partners, LLC (2014-06 – 2017-04)
Greater Los Angeles Area

### Legal Intern, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (2013-05 – 2013-08)

### Student, Haverford College (2012-08 – 2014-05)

## Education

### Master of Business Administration - MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management (2020-01 – 2022-01)
Activities and societies: - Honors: Wolfen Fellowship Recipient (awarded to 4 MBA students each year out of a total of 1,800 MBA candidates) Patrick J. Welsh Fellowship Recipient Crowell Family Fellowship Recipient Startup Labs Innovation Fellow Competitions: First Place: Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs Leadership: First Year Director of Venture Capital (Entrepreneur Association) Second Year Vice President of LA Outreach and Days on the Job (Entrepreneur Association)

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and Government, Haverford College (2012-01 – 2014-01)
Activities and societies: - Varsity Basketball Senior Thesis: Rising Threat: The Forces behind Drone Warfare in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, 2008-2013

## Skills

Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Marketing, Data Analysis, Research, Corporate Finance, International Relations, Organization, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Online Advertising, Digital Strategy, Fundraising, Advertising, Non-profit Volunteering, Nonprofit Organizations, Campaign Management, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Early-stage Startups

## Credentials

- **Los Angeles’ Finest Honoree** — Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (issued 2018-11)
- **Venture Deals Fall 2020** — Kauffman Fellows (issued 2020-11)

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